org.apache.synapse.securevault.secret
Interface SecretRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileBaseSecretRepository

public interface SecretRepository

Represents the abstraction 'Repository of secret' Implementation can be any type - file,jdbc

Method Summary

SecretRepository	getParent() Returns the parent secret repository
String	getSecret(String alias) Returns the secret of provided alias name .
void	init(Properties properties, String id) Initializes the repository based on provided properties
void	setParent(SecretRepository parent) Sets the parent secret repository Secret Repositories are made a chain so that , one can get a secret from other.

Method Detail

init

void init(Properties properties,
          String id)

Initializes the repository based on provided properties

Parameters:

properties - Configuration properties

id - Identifier to identify properties related to the corresponding repository

getSecret

String getSecret(String alias)

Returns the secret of provided alias name . An alias represents the logical name for a look up secret

Parameters:

alias - Alias name for look up a secret

Returns:

Secret if there is any , otherwise ,alias itself

setParent

void setParent(SecretRepository parent)

Sets the parent secret repository Secret Repositories are made a chain so that , one can get a secret from other. For example, JDBC password can be in file based secret repository

Parameters:

parent - Parent secret repository

getParent

SecretRepository getParent()

Returns the parent secret repository

Returns:

Parent secret repository